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CERTAIN FATHOMS: A Depth-Crawl Module for Mothership RPG

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Explore Welkin Campus—a shifting, sprawling, drowned facility of rogue machines, failed clones, and paracausal tech—in this Mothership-compatible depth-crawl module.

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Certain Fathoms is a 50+ page saddle-stitched zine with the following:


  • A depth-crawl megacomplex book with 20+ floors, ranging from personnel- to industrial-scale, each with its own strange mysteries and unraveling horrors.
  • Four dangerous factions led by powerful remnants of Welkin Orbital, from the Loopers trapped in an eternal birthday party to the Custodians who keep the lights on - by any means necessary.
  • A replayable and repeatable gameplay loop, where destinations, anomalies, and random encounter breaches are rolled to create new situations with every delve.
  • 40+ new prototype cybermods and slickware from the fine researchers at Welkin. Some are hidden away in secret chambers and lost labs, while others will have to be pulled from cold, dead hands.
  • Miranda, a new patron NPC who'll guide you through the facility, as she herself uncovers her connection to the sprawling Welkin Campus. 

Miranda by DC Stow 

And that's not all:


  • New art from the likes of DC Stow, Amanda Lee Franck, Evangeline Gallagher, and more.
  • Easy-to-reference layout for quick reading at the table.
  • Hundreds of secrets and reality-breaking truths, from the real reason Welkin Orbital went under to the purpose behind the enigmatic YR-XII project.
  • Exciting stretch goals featuring guest writers Alfred Valley (Thousand Empty Light), Sam Sorensen (Seas of Sand), Snow (Songbirds, .dungeon), watt (Cloud Empress), and more.

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Following the project unlocks The Welkin Orbital Vertical Transit Operations Manual, a sleek in-universe handout that doubles as a look into the Black Elevator's function and as a player-facing intro to Welkin Campus.

Meanwhile, reserve your pledge for $1 to unlock the Welkin Orbital Personnel Dossier—an exclusive 20+ page digital supplement packed with:

  • Biographical indexes of Welkin executives and researchers
  • Internal memos and scraps of corporate history
  • Seeds for new mysteries your players can pursue in-game

However you want to show your support, you're walking away with rewards.

"I'll break my staff,
Bury it certain fathoms in the earth,
And deeper than did ever plummet sound
I'll drown my book."
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Digital file for the Black Elevator Reference Bookmark to print at home or reference online.
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